Display apparatus and method for manufacturing display apparatus

Abstract

A display apparatus comprises a display panel comprising a plurality of driving elements to drive pixels and a first terminal group electrically connected to the driving elements; a supporting member comprising a surface on which the display panel is to be placed and comprising, on the surface, a plurality of wirings and a second terminal group connected to the plurality of wirings; and a holding member provided along an edge of the display panel using a rod-shaped material having a linear or curved shape to hold the display panel at a given position on the surface of the supporting member, wherein the first terminal group is provided on a surface of the display panel to be directed to the supporting member; and the display panel is placed on the surface of the supporting member, and each of terminals constituting the first terminal group is connected to each of terminals constituting the second terminal.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A display apparatus comprising:
 a display panel comprising a plurality of driving elements to drive pixels and a first terminal group electrically connected to the driving elements; 
 a supporting member comprising a surface on which the display panel is to be placed and comprising, on the surface, a plurality of wirings and a second terminal group connected to the plurality of wirings; and 
 a holding member provided along an edge of the display panel using a rod-shaped material having a linear or curved shape to hold the display panel at a given position on the surface of the supporting member, wherein: 
 the first terminal group is provided on a surface of the display panel to be directed to the supporting member; 
 the display panel is placed on the surface of the supporting member, and each of terminals constituting the first terminal group is connected to each of terminals constituting the second terminal group; 
 the wirings and the second terminal group are formed on a base material separate from the supporting member; and 
 the base material is a plate-like body having light transmissivity or a filmy body having light transmissivity, and the base material is adhered to the surface of the supporting member. 
 
     
     
       2. The display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the supporting member and the wirings are formed using a material having light transmissivity. 
     
     
       3. The display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the holding member partially abuts the edge of the display panel; and 
 a gap between the supporting member and a portion of the edge of the display panel is covered using a sealing member comprising an inorganic film, the portion of the edge of the display panel being a portion not abutting the holding member. 
 
     
     
       4. The display apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the sealing member is formed in a frame shape over an entire periphery of the display panel. 
     
     
       5. The display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the display panel further comprises a plurality of relay wirings extending, from a surface to be directed to the supporting member, to an opposite surface of the surface to be directed to the supporting member via a sideward part of the display panel; and 
 the plurality of driving elements is electrically connected to the first terminal group via the plurality of relay wirings. 
 
     
     
       6. A display apparatus comprising:
 a display panel comprising a plurality of driving elements to drive pixels and a first terminal group electrically connected to the driving elements; 
 a supporting member comprising a surface on which the display panel is to be placed and comprising, on the surface, a plurality of wirings and a second terminal group connected to the plurality of wirings; and 
 a holding member provided along an edge of the display panel using a rod-shaped material having a linear or curved shape to hold the display panel at a given position on the surface of the supporting member, wherein: 
 the first terminal group is provided on a surface of the display panel to be directed to the supporting member; 
 the display panel is placed on the surface of the supporting member, and each of terminals constituting the first terminal group is connected to each of terminals constituting the second terminal group; and 
 the supporting member and the wirings are formed using a material having light transmissivity. 
 
     
     
       7. The display apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein:
 the holding member partially abuts the edge of the display panel; and 
 a gap between the supporting member and a portion of the edge of the display panel is covered using a sealing member comprising an inorganic film, the portion of the edge of the display panel being a portion not abutting the holding member. 
 
     
     
       8. The display apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein the sealing member is formed in a frame shape over an entire periphery of the display panel. 
     
     
       9. The display apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein:
 the display panel further comprises a plurality of relay wirings extending, from a surface to be directed to the supporting member, to an opposite surface of the surface to be directed to the supporting member via a sideward part of the display panel; and 
 the plurality of driving elements is electrically connected to the first terminal group via the plurality of relay wirings. 
 
     
     
       10. A display apparatus comprising:
 a display panel comprising a plurality of driving elements to drive pixels and a first terminal group electrically connected to the driving elements; 
 a supporting member comprising a surface on which the display panel is to be placed and comprising, on the surface, a plurality of wirings and a second terminal group connected to the plurality of wirings; and 
 a holding member provided along an edge of the display panel using a rod-shaped material having a linear or curved shape to hold the display panel at a given position on the surface of the supporting member, wherein: 
 the first terminal group is provided on a surface of the display panel to be directed to the supporting member; 
 the display panel is placed on the surface of the supporting member, and each of terminals constituting the first terminal group is connected to each of terminals constituting the second terminal group; 
 the plurality of driving elements is provided on a surface of the display panel being opposite to the surface of the display panel to be directed to the supporting member; and 
 the first terminal group is electrically connected to the plurality of driving elements via a through-hole conductor being formed at the display panel.